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Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 23  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Synopsis: In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find... In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED, which not only lets them know they're dead, but comes in handy when they learn that they can continue to live in their house, even though a new family--from the land of the living--is moving in. The new owners, fresh from the city, are quite a strange group themselves, and include the overpowering hipster mom Delia (Catherine O'Hara), her pompous SoHo interior designer Otho (Glenn Shadix), her meek husband Charles (Jeffrey Jones), and their morose teenage daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder), who befriends the ghostly couple. Though the threesome attempt to scare Delia from ruining the house with redecoration and her unpleasant personality, their attempts fail. As a last resort, they call upon the services of the demented, terrifying, but hilarious "bioexorcist," "Beetlejuice" (Michael Keaton). Director Tim Burton scores big with witty site gags, incredible special effects and sets, and a unique ensemble of characters. BEETLEJUICE is a visually inventive and imaginative comedy taken to a uniquely grotesque and funny level by the manic performance of Michael Keaton in the title role. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder

Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Michael Bender, Richard Hashimoto
Story: Larry Wilson, Michael McDowell
Screenwriter: Warren Skaaren
Composer: Danny Elfman

DVD Info

Release:

May 15, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 16.9/Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0 - French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish

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Cole Smithey
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Very clever black comedy full of great characters and situations.

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06/01/07
Steve Crum
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01/26/06
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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
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07/07/05
Joe Williams
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3.5/5

a vehicle perfectly tailored for Burton’s peculiar eye

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03/30/05
Keith Breese
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4/5

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12/08/04
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

funny and completely twisted

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11/08/04
Rich Cline
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10/17/04
Greg Maki
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08/07/04
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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4/5

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01/13/04
Michael Dequina
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3/5

The Movie with it all!

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11/18/03
Clint Morris
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Leave it to Tim Burton, with his affinity for the misunderstood monster, to be as sweet as he is funny, and not terribly scary, though that's part of his point...

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10/31/03
MaryAnn Johanson
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09/05/03
Carol Cling
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08/21/03
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly
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08/15/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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4/5

Brilliant dark comedy

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08/15/03
Fred Topel
About.com
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4/5

Burton's breakthrough film. Marred by boring leads.

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08/14/03
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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07/24/03
Ryan Cracknell
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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